Eye Candy for Today: Jean-Baptiste Le Prince ink and wash drawing

Pen and black ink with gray wash, roughly 16 x 12 inches (40 x 29 cm); in the collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, NY; use the Download or Zoom links on their page.

Though described as an imaginary landscape, both the landscape elements and the confidently rendered figures have a relaxed naturalism. I like the depth the artist has created with lighter values of wash.

The detailed info doesn’t say much about the paper, but if you use the zoom feature and the “fullscreen” option (to the right of the controls under the zoomed image) you can see the paper in more detail.